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CVE-2009-1355

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1355 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the muxatmd component of IBM AIX versions 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate privileges by providing an excessively long filename. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating that an attacker could achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aix.software.ibm.com / aix/efixes/security/muxatmd_advisory.asc
Vendor Advisory
labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
secunia.com / advisories/34662
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6402
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/34543
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1056
PatchVendor Advisory